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One of things I never really got into was computer based gaming. I use(d) my computer for lots of things but games were never a priority. I suppose part of it was the cost - software used to be much more expensive - and another part was that the games themselves didn't hold my interest for long. Some were just boring, some were not really user friendly, some were always the same game once the puzzles and obstacles were solved.

When I first got my computer, the early games I had were text based and seemed to be the equivalent of those "Find your own fate" stories. I got bored pretty quickly with those, especially once I solved a puzzle then i knew how to get through it again later. The challenges were too much, or too little, or didn't keep my interest long enough to solve.

The next kind of game was a primitive graphics game, fairly blocky and still boring, usually. It was unfortunate that so many of those early games were just like the text games but with pictures.

Some games i liked were the versions of board games, and one that I spent time playing repeatedly was GO, also called IGO. I'm sure there is a more proper name for it, but it is similar to Othello, although instead of flipping the playing pieces from one color to another, they were removed from the board, and only when the opponets pieces were completely surrounded by my pieces. Sounds simple enough, but it took quite some time to develop a stratgey to beat the computer consistently.

Finally, game graphics got better, they were more interactive but for me they just didn't have much of an appeal. I wasn't interested much in the "shoot em up" games like Wolfenstein or Doom, although i tried them out and it was fun for awhile.

One game I have always enjoyed, right from its first blocky graphics beginning to its current ultra- detailed version, was Sim City . I could be creative, every game was different, adn I tried lots and lots of ideas. The first time I played the game with a friend, we stayed up all night and were still going strong with it when the sun came up the next morning. It was addicitive, and was constaly "I'll just add one more and then that's it." Of course, one item begged to have another and another, and there have been too many nights with too many hours playing this game.

I was hooked. Next came Sim Ant, and skipping past Sim Farm, I got Sim Earth, Sim Tower, Sim Copter, Sim Racer... I don't have The Sims yet mostly because my current computer can't run it. :( Oh well, the next computer will.

Another game I liked but didn't really play much was Myst . It was a big sensation when it came out, great graphics, a story, a puzzle, it was a lot of things to a lot of people. I enjoyed just walking around the gaming environment, bot really even playing the game at first. It was new and different, and fun. Good music contributed to a calm atmostphere. It was later followed by Riven, although I never quite got around to getting it.

Sim City
Sim City 3000 Resource page
The Sim Club
Maxis - Sim City Creators

Myst
Myst and Riven links and Bookstore
Myst Trivia
Myst III
Cyan - Myst Creators

Go
Mah Jongg


CCG - Collectible Card Games

Jyhad/Vampire
Wizards of the Coast
Jyhad / VTES FAQ
Amadan's Jyhad / VTES page
Mark Langsdorf's Jyhad / VTES page

Wyvern
Wyvern review and card list

Star Trek
Decipher - creators of Star Trek CCG
David's Unofficial STCCG page (and solitaire rules)
Kedanya Station
Star Trek CCG Links page
STCCG is an abbreviation for Star Trek(TM) Customizable Card Game(TM). Star Trek and related Trademarks and Copyrights are owned by Paramount Pictures. Customizable Card Game, Expand your Power in the Universe and other STCCG-related Trademarks and Copyrights are owned by Decipher, Inc.

Star Trek - TOS

Dr Who
Dr Who FAQ
Dr Who Appreciation Society
Comic Warehouse - cards for sale

Netrunner
Based upon the RPG Cyberpunk 2020 by R. Talsorian games Play as the cruel Corporation or the intrepid Runner aka Hacker in this simulation of a Virtual Reality network Get the goods, before the Corporation gets you

Cyberpunk:2020 is a Registered Trademark of R.Talsorian Corporation. Original Cyberpunk:2020 material Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 by R.Talsorian Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Used without permission. Any use of R.Talsorian Corporation's copyrighted material or trademarks in this archive should not be viewed as achallenge to those copyrights or trademarks.

Cyberpunk 2020 Archives
RC Hobbies

Sim City
Mayfair Games
Crystal Keep's Sim City Page

Harry Potter

Buffy The Vampire Slayer



Board Games

The London Game - as a passenger on the Tube, you need to reach 4 different stations, but beware, some stations are closed and there are hazard cards which could send you off in another direction. I had to buy this at Harrod's in London, it doesn't seem to be available anywhere else.

Monopoly
Monopoly Home page
Online Games
Anti-Monopoly
Ghettopoly

Clue

Risk
RISK FAQ

Scrabble
Official Scrabble homepage
Scrabble help

Concentration - once a popular TV show, this follows suit as players find two matching cards

Dark Shadows - be the first to build a skeleton and avoid getting three stakes to be the winner. Based on the 1960's gothic soap opera starring Jonathan Frid

War of the Daleks - based on the popular enemy of Doctor Who, race along corridors, avoid the Daleks and get to the control room first.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - board game based on the popular tv show
From Amazon.com -- The Chosen One, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, needs help purging Sunnydale of all the resident evil. Roll the dice to fight monsters directly, or cast magic spells against Buffy's foes. The game is designed to showcase Buffy's toughest challenges and her greatest strengths, which are all controlled by a roll of the die. The game board features familiar characters and locations from the hit TV show, like Sunnydale High School and the Sunnydale cemetery. An extra-cool addition is the Buffy playing piece made of solid pewter. --Diane Beall
Buffy FAQ
Fan created Buffy Expansions

Beatles
Dr Kildare
Manhunt
Movie Monsters
Masterpiece (1970) - buy and sell famous works of art, but beware of forgeries
Candyland
Ropes and Ladders
Othello
Pente
Mah Jongg
Mastermind
Operation
Chutes and Ladders - aka Ropes and Ladders



Classic Games

Chess

Checkers

Backgammon

Senet
Soubeyrand - history and rules
Senet online
P.S. Neeley's Senet page
Sithathor's Senet page
In Search of the Meaning of Senet
Rediscovered Science
Kinnaer Senet page
King Tut Shop
Games Museum
Senet online

Chinese Checkers



Thought Games

20 Questions
Marco Polo
Hide and Seek
Killer in the Dark


Other Games

Jarts
Horseshoes
Anagrams
Lexigrams
DNA-o-gram

Pinball
I wouldn't say I'm a pinball fanatic, and I bought this Dr Who Pinball machine because it was a Dr. Who collectioble item, but I love this game! Click on the picture for more info about this specific game.


Toys

Spirograph
Garg
Dogbomb
Bebits
Math World
AJS Java App
Spirotest another applet
Juno-2 program to draw spriograph
Epicycles free software
Spiro fan page
Game review

Zeroids

Motorific - car road set
This is a car set where the car is driven by two AA batteries sitting on a chassis, covered by a changable body, running along grooved road plates, held in place by a guide pin on the chassis. My first set was salvaged (scavanged) from a pile of toys being thrown out by neighbors - can you just imagine throwing out perfectly good toys? A travesty. In the last 30 years, i've been buying up other sets and cars and pieces, just ready for the day when I can lay out my hundreds of pieces of track and let the cars go racing around, narrowly, or not so, avoiding collisions. Alas, that day hasn't come yet, I just don't have enough free space to set up a track and leave it out for any length of time. One day, tho......
Motorific Joe
Preston Marketing - history and set info
Dixon motorific page
Motorific .com
Motorific ads


Action Figures
Halo figures distributed by Toyglobe
Doctor Who
* daleks, miniatures, Dalek color schemes
* Denys Fisher
* Dapol
* Product Enterprises
* Corgi
* Marx
* see the Collectors page for more pictures
Maxx Steel - Saturday morning cartoon show
Harry Potter - movie and books
Lord of the Rings - movie and books
Munsters - tv show
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - tv show


Playsets

Matchbox / Hot Wheels

Tinker Toys

Lincoln Logs

Erector Set - my first set actually belonged to my dad, and it's a nice 1940's solid sturdy all metal set. It will be moving onto my nephews once they are old enough to hold the little screws in their hands. It brought me hours of funs and entertainment, not to mention getting an early grasp of how structural and mechanical things work
Brief History
mysite4u
Girders and Gears - History
History

Transformers



Lego
Lego

Models

Tonka

Wooden Trains (Brio)
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